Lloyd Austin: US Working to Reinforce ‘Guardrails Against Conflict’ With China

Lloyd Austin: US Working to Reinforce 'Guardrails Against Conflict' With China

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. is working to keep communication lines open with China’s defense officials and launching other efforts to build up “guardrails against conflict” with the Asian country, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. “We do not seek a new Cold War, an Asian NATO, or […]

Senators Ask Biden to Amend Executive Order on Classification, Declassification

Senators Ask Biden to Amend Executive Order on Classification, Declassification

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., have called on the White House to update the executive order that establishes rules for government classification and declassification to address urgent concerns in the current system that undermine national security. The lawmakers wrote a letter to President Biden urging the administration to make a priority […]

Redhorse CEO John Zangardi: ‘Comply-to-Connect’ is a Foundational Building Block of Zero-Trust

Redhorse CEO John Zangardi: ‘Comply-to-Connect’ is a Foundational Building Block of Zero-Trust

John Zangardi, CEO of Redhorse Corporation and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, recently wrote an opinion piece with C4ISR.net, discussing the importance of zero-trust architecture in order to maximize cybersecurity funding and the sense of urgency ensuring the steps that are necessary to protect U.S. networks and financial institutions.  During the featured article, John Zangardi highlighted the […]

Executive Spotlight: ECS President John Heneghan

Executive Spotlight: ECS President John Heneghan

ECS President John Heneghan, a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the most notable improvements in innovation across the federal sector in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, 5G and other critical emerging technologies. In addition, John Heneghan also discussed the company’s recent growth initiatives to drive value for its customers as well as expand into new […]

Iridium CEO Matt Desch Receives 8th Consecutive Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Iridium CEO Matt Desch Receives 8th Consecutive Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Matt Desch, who has led Iridium Communications as its CEO since 2006, received a recent visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the company’s office in McLean, VA. Garrettson officially presented Matt Desch with his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon).  “Matt’s business discipline and attention to management […]

Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth Officially Assumes NGA Director Role

Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth Officially Assumes NGA Director Role

Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, officially assumed leadership of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency at a ceremony held Friday at NGA's headquarters in Springfield Virginia. He succeeds Robert Sharp, who has led the agency since February 2019 and retired after 33 years of military and federal service, NGA said Friday. President Biden […]

CISA Releases Advisory on Flaws in Dominion Voting Machines; Director Jen Easterly Quoted

CISA Releases Advisory on Flaws in Dominion Voting Machines; Director Jen Easterly Quoted

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an advisory saying it found no evidence that vulnerabilities in Dominion in-person voting systems were exploited in any elections, CBS News reported Friday. According to the advisory, CISA identified nine vulnerabilities in certain versions of Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast X software, including improper verification of cryptographic signatures, […]

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents Jerry McGinn, GMU GovCon Center Executive Director, His 2nd Consecutive Wash100 Award

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents Jerry McGinn, GMU GovCon Center Executive Director, His 2nd Consecutive Wash100 Award

Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was officially presented with his 2022 Wash100 Award.  Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson officially presented the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) to Jerry McGinn during a recent […]

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2022 Wash100 Award to Deltek Senior Director Deniece Peterson

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2022 Wash100 Award to Deltek Senior Director Deniece Peterson

Deniece Peterson, senior director of federal market analysis at Deltek, was recently presented her 2022 Wash100 Award, by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office in Herndon, Virginia. Executive Mosiac recognizes Deniece Peterson as a first-time Wash100 Award winner for being one of the keys in leading and driving the company culture at Deltek as […]

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2022 Wash100 Award to Todd Probert, President of CACI NSIS

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2022 Wash100 Award to Todd Probert, President of CACI NSIS

Todd Probert, president of CACI International's national security and innovative solutions business, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office. Executive Mosiac recognizes Todd Probert as a two-time Wash100 Award winner for leading NSIS’ growth efforts in the national security sector through defense contract awards and technology […]

Maj. Gen. Stacey Hawkins Nominated as Commander of Air Force Sustainment Center

Maj. Gen. Stacey Hawkins Nominated as Commander of Air Force Sustainment Center

Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said President Biden has nominated U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Stacey Hawkins to serve as commander of Air Force Sustainment Center within Air Force Materiel Command at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The Tuesday announcement also included Hawkins' potential appointment […]

Microsoft Federal President Rick Wagner Receives 5th Consecutive Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Microsoft Federal President Rick Wagner Receives 5th Consecutive Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft Federal, was officially presented his 2022 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to the company’s office by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson.  For his fifth consecutive Wash100 Award win, Wagner was recognized by Executive Mosaic for his innovative leadership and drive for continuous organic growth for Microsoft Federal in the government contracting (GovCon) industry as […]

BlueHalo Lands $1.4B Space Force Satcom Tech Contract; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

BlueHalo Lands $1.4B Space Force Satcom Tech Contract; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

BlueHalo has won a $1.4 billion contract from the U.S. Space Force to support and execute the Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program. The Arlington, Virginia-based defense and space contractor said Tuesday it will oversee SCAR program activities across the full lifecycle, from preliminary plans through full-scale construction. The SCAR endeavor is positioned to supply an automated, […]